The infectious disease emergency response (IDER) plan submitted by the Green Bay Packers has been approved by the NFL Players Association, according to Jim Owczarski of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
The NFL’s chief medical officer has already approved each plan for all 32 teams. The NFLPA’s approval was the final step of the process, allowing the Packers to begin testing all players at the start of training camp on Tuesday.
The IDER plans have been established by every team in case of a coronavirus outbreak within a team. Each plan was individually created for a team, providing various protocols for dealing with an outbreak within each team’s facility.
Teams were not allowed to have more than 20 players at the facility until an IDER plan was approved by the NFLPA.
Prior to Monday, only 12 of the 32 teams had IDER plans approved by the NFLPA. All 32 teams have submitted plans to the NFLPA, and the Packers were one of 20 teams still awaiting a response as of July 25.
According to Rob Demovsky of ESPN, the first four days of training camp – beginning on Tuesday, July 28 and extending through Friday, Aug. 1 – will consistent of COVID testing and virtual meetings.
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